Innholdsfortegnelse for September 2024 i Hemmings Muscle Machines

MODIFIED NOTHING SUCKS THE WIND OUT OF A GOOD TIME with a classic car than having a ride that you just can’t trust to get to your destination and back. In the collector car world, it’s an all too familiar scenario, playing out regularly at car cruises and other shows. Contributing to these issues is the fact that cars that are driven sparingly tend to accumulate mechanical issues the longer they sit dormant. If you’re not up on your game, and your maintenance, you just might get left waiting on a flatbed to get home again. Ed Comune of Point Pleasant, New Jersey, is one of those guys who just fawned over classic cars, especially numbers-matching originals, but he always seemed to have issues keeping his cars on the street.…

HEMMINGS AUCTIONS IS OUR LIVE, ONLINE AUCTION site staffed by customer service professionals ready to help bidders and sellers with any questions. A wide variety of classic and specialty vehicles from all eras are up for bid. Auctions run for one or two weeks, and qualified bidders place their bids electronically. Once a vehicle is accepted into the auction, the seller pays only a $99.95 listing fee. The winning bidder is responsible for a 5-percent fee on all completed auctions. The following are examples of auctions that transpired during the months leading up to press time. If you have questions, comments or suggestions, email the Hemmings Auctions team directly: auctions@hemmings.com. 2003 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 RESERVE: $32,000SELLING PRICE: $35,175RECENT MARKET RANGE: $26,000-$39,000 The C5 Corvette was already a world-class sports car…

PRODUCTION LINE It only arrived in 2022, barely a year after the thinly veiled “concept” was introduced in late 2020: the first proper Jeep (i.e., one where the roof and doors come off) with V-8 power since 1981, when AMC’s emissions-strangled 304-cubic-inch eight produced a neck-snapping 125 horsepower. And now, the gonzo Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 392, one more brightly burning 470-horse star in the Stellantis constellation, is flickering out. It marks the final application of Chrysler’s third-gen Hemi engine, launched more than two decades ago, in anything resembling a standard passenger-vehicle. (Hemis will still be available in 2500-and-higher-level Ram trucks.) The good news: there are still 470 naturally aspirated horsepower available at the flex of your right ankle. The chassis remains packed with the same 392-cubic-inch Hemi V-8 that you…

STOCK IT’S A STORY we’ve heard countless times: “Man, I miss that car. I sold it when I was starting my family, but I wish I had it back.” It’s as if a fun car and family life are somehow mutually exclusive, symbolizing the old “When I grew up, I put away childish things,” trope that dates to antiquity. So, we were pleased to meet Ric Heath, a retired police officer from Mesa, Arizona, the original owner of this ’70 Ford Torino Cobra, who specifically bought it to be his family car. Torino Cobra was Ford’s range-topping high-performance mid-size coupe for 1970. It was all driveline, with few frills: With its base Thunder Jet mill, packing cylinder heads with canted 2.09/1.65-inch valves, a 600-cfm Autolite four-barrel atop a cast-iron intake,…

ON LOCATION NATIONAL PARTS DEPOT (NPD) PRESENTS: THE F.A.S.T. HORSEPOWER DEPOT SPRING NATIONALS US 131 MOTORSPORTS PARK, MARTIN, MICHIGAN • MAY 10-11, 2024 NPD PRESENTS: THE F.A.S.T. AUTO SERVICE OF OLD SAYBROOK NATIONALS EMPIRE DRAGWAY, LEICESTER, NEW YORK • MAY 25-26, 2024 THE COOLEST PART of Factory Appearing/Stock Tire (F.A.S.T.) and Factory Stock racing is just seeing all the different makes, models, and performance levels meet up for a couple of days celebrating the golden era of muscle cars. Where else can you go watch a Studebaker Lark in the near lane taking on a big-block Chevelle in the far lane? There are no handicaps, no breakouts, just good old-fashioned heads-up racing. Bragging rights are achieved, but in the end, everyone goes home with the same experience of having spent…

AUCTION ACTION SINCE THEY BURST onto the Scottsdale scene half a decade ago, MAG (Motorsports Auto Group) Auctions has proved itself to be the most inclusive of the auctions over the course of the week. And by inclusive, we mean that you see things you haven’t seen elsewhere a thousand times, you can walk up to those cars and touch them and peek under the hoods like we did, and you can bid (and win!) without having to mortgage the house or dip into your 401(k). A three-day ticket is $45. It’s a quick 20-minute drive from the rest of the weekend’s events and out into the desert; the physical separation from the other events helps make it feel that little more special. While the average sale at MAG’s January…

AFTER A QUICK PASS through most any cruise night or car show, you probably noticed a distinct shift in attitude among the current crop of cruisers. Whether you call them restomods, Pro Touring, or whatever, today’s builders have given classic iron a modern interpretation by embracing a more pragmatic approach to their construction. For many, the transformation includes replacing traditional big-blocks with contemporary fuel-efficient, high-output engines; four-speeds with overdrive transmissions; softly sprung, ancient underpinnings with competent handling hardware; and old-tech biased-ply tires with larger-diameter, road-grabbing rubber. Unquestionably, the multifaceted changes have made present-day cruisers much more capable over the long haul. Creature comforts and ergonomics, fuel efficiency and power, plus the ability to easily complete cross-country jaunts, all expand the parameters of current construction blueprints. Even though you may have…

*Prices shown are presumed accurate at the time of printing. Please confirm with seller prior to purchase. 1963 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 HEMMINGS • 800-227-4373 X 79550 • HMN.COM/SHOP • $114.99 “RPO Z06” was the box to tick in 1963 if you wanted your new Sting Ray to come from the factory with the best performance parts Chevrolet offered. This Regular Production Option code — combined with the required fuel-injected 327-cu.in. V-8, four-speed manual, and Positraction — included heavy-duty suspension and braking components, quicker steering, and at the start, knock-off alloy wheels and a 36.5-gallon fuel tank. Just 199 split-window coupes with this option were built that year, and this 1:18-scale model (item AMM1308) represents a real one that, after a detailed 2006 restoration, won numerous prestigious awards. Its Ermine White…

WORLDWIDE AT AUBURN Worldwide Auctioneers finished its annual “The Enthusiast Auction” at its Auburn, Indiana headquarters in April with several muscle cars crossing the block for bidding. Among those to change hands was a 1968 Dodge Coronet R/T convertible. The rare R/T was believed to be one of 569 made that year and it was powered by the numbers-matching 440 Magnum and rebuilt numbers-matching 727 TorqueFlite automatic transmission. It was rotisserie restored nearly 15 years ago and finished in Racing Green Metallic with red tail stripes. The black top had been restored and there were a number of NOS parts used on the rest of the car, including the grille, headlamp bezels, rear taillamp assemblies, side markers, and wheel-well trim. Instead of its factory 14-inch wheels, this Coronet was fitted…